During the night at present Mandan, North Dakota, Clark has a bout of rheumatism, and their French trapper guests catch several large beavers. During the day, they meet a group of Lakota Sioux on a raid and the hunters do well. They end the day three miles above the abandoned Mandan village of Double Ditch.
An Attack of Rheumatism
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Double-Ditch Site
© 28 July 2013 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Double Ditch was a fortified Mandan earth lodge village. It was abandoned about 1785 after a smallpox epidemic.
Clark’s Rheumatism
last night at 1 oClock I was violently and Suddinly attacked with the Rhumitism in the neck which was So violent I could not move Capt. [Lewis] applied a hot Stone raped in flannel, which gave me some temporry ease,—.
—William Clark
Lakota Horse Thieves
we Came too at a Camp of Teton Seaux [Lakota Sioux] on the L. S. those people 12 in number were naikd and had the appearanc of war, we have every reason to believ that they are going or have been to Steel horses from the Mandins [Mandans], they tell two Stories, we gave them nothing
—William Clark
Good Hunting
The hunters killed a buffalow bull, they Say out of about 300 buffalow which they Saw, they did not See one Cow.
—William Clark
Good Trapping
the frenchman in the cannoe who are in company with us have Caught Several large Beaver every night for Several nights back.
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Thermot. at rise
Weather Wind at thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC P.M. 35 cloudy after snow N. E 42 cloudy N E the snow ½ inch deep. some Souixs 14 in number came to us on the Lard. this morning— beleive them to be a war party— they were naked except their legings—.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.
Double Ditch is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is 7.5 miles north of Bismarck and open to the public with walkways and interpretive signs.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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